Description: JOAN LA BARBARA "Tapesongs" Experimental Avant-Garde Vocal Music Beginning split to front top seam, otherwise cover in very good plus condition; record may not have been played and appears in very good plus or better condition. Artist: Joan La Barbara Title: TapesongsLabel: Chiaroscuro Records, CR 196Genre:ElectronicStyle:Modern, Avant-Garde, Experimental, MinimalYear:1977 Tracks:Cathing(8:02)Solo For Voice 45 from Songbooks (13:30)Thunder (22:59) Notes: With John Cage piece on rear cover. Biography: Joan Linda La Barbara (born June 8, 1947) is an American vocalist and composer known for her explorations of non-conventional or "extended" vocal techniques. Considered to be a vocal virtuoso in the field of contemporary music, she is credited with advancing a new vocabulary of vocal sounds including trills, whispers, cries, sighs, inhaled tones, and multiphonics (singing two or more pitches simultaneously). An influential figure in experimental music, La Barbara was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is a classically trained singer who studied with soprano Helen Boatwright at Syracuse University and contralto Marion Freschl at the Juilliard School in New York. Joan La Barbara's early creative work (early to mid 1970s) focuses on experimentation and investigation of vocal sound as raw sonic material including works that explore varied timbres on a single pitch, circular breathing techniques inspired by horn players, and multiphonic or chordal singing. In the mid 1970s, she began creating more structured compositional works, some of which include electronics and layered voice sounds. She has accumulated a large repertoire of vocal works by 20th- and 21st-century music masters, including many pieces composed especially for her voice. She has performed and recorded works by composers including John Cage, Robert Ashley, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Larry Austin, Peter Gordon, Alvin Lucier, and her husband Morton Subotnick, and has collaborated with choreographer Merce Cunningham, and poet Kenneth Goldsmith. She also received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts John Cage Award (2016).
Price: 49.95 USD
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
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Artist: JOAN LA BARBARA
Speed: 33 RPM
Type: LP
Format: Record
Record Grading: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Grading: Very Good (VG)
Record Label: Chiaroscuro Records
Release Title: Tapesongs
Record Size: 12"
Style: Experimental, avant-garde
Material: Vinyl
Genre: Electronic
